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Afternoon
This afternoon, I visited the set of an adult movie. I'll have more on that in an upcoming report.
Moonlight Tracks
One of the standout tracks in a soundtrack of standouts is Jidenna's "Classic Man" in "Moonlight." Over at Pitchfork, Maggie Lange has a charmingly rigorous dissection of the track, how it plays a part in the movie, and the subtext it lends to a scene that's fraught with tension and desire.
"*Classic man interruptus* is also a great scene about rev panic: When you start up your car after someone gets in, and you forgot what you were listening to when it was just you. It’s like a diary open on the table. Who you are alone and who you show to other people can be different (a theme from Moonlight!), and sometimes our music can betray this. Of course, I don’t want to assume anything about whether one should or should not be private about their time with 'Classic Man,' this is just a thought about vulnerability and presentation."
The Story of OJ
The Defiant Ones
I enjoyed watching "The Defiant Ones." It's a kind of mini-series on the parallel-ish careers of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine and what led them to sell Beats by Dre for big bucks. It's got some interesting material on the rise and troubles of NWA and the various musical permutations of its members that came after, a fun origin story from Eminem, and a peek inside the rollercoaster ride reality that is success. At one point, as things get really troubled with rival rappers feuding, Iovine wonders: "Am I defending free speech or am I funding Hamas?" While the investigation is frequently gritty, it mostly ignores the more troubling aspects of both their privates lives and sheds little light on what fundamentally makes each man tick -- beyond that he's a hustler. The second half of the last episode is the weakest, turning into something of an ad for their shared product. But, whatever. We don't really get them, after all, but it's fun to bear witness to how they made it there.
Hip-Hop Heads
Booty Music
Who the Fuck You Really Wanna Be with Besides Me?
Straight Outta Bootytown
The red band trailer for "Straight Outta Compton" features: the real Dre, the real Cube, a great Eazy impersonation, naked and half-naked women gyrating around, and Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller.
Freak
The Man
Hoochie Coo
V-Day in the Club
"Valentine’s Day is one of the those special 'off' days that happen every-so-often in the strip club. Working the night of one these off days is never business-as-usual—it’s usually, business-as-oh-my-God-did-that-just-happen. The day of Cupid falls on a Friday this year, and there’s going to be a full moon."
Don't Give a What?
Musical Guest
Machine Gun Kelly opened the 2014 AVN Awards Show last weekend. He made his entrance as a dead body on a stretcher. His posse was led by a little person in a white coat, and he was surrounded a dozen gyrating girls in g-strings.
Rump Shaker
Pimp Shoes
Finally, a sneaker made just for drug dealers, freelance journalists, and independent contractors.
In ancient Greece, prostitutes wore sandals that left the directive ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ or "Follow Me" in their wake in order to drum up clients.
Today, gig economy workers can wear Serious Pimp's $65.99 FUCK U PAY ME sneakers to remind slow-paying substance consumers, print magazines, and lazy bosses that it's time to pay up or shut up.
A review:
"These are my favorite shoes ever. I have 3 pairs just to make sure I keep some on hand. The only thing I would like to see in addition is maybe to offer them in more colors."
Snoop Dogg is the president of Serious Pimp. Bishop Don Magic Juan is chairman of the board.
The line includes a GOOD EVENING BITCHES T-shirt ($25.99), I JUST WANNA FUCK boxers ($19.99), and Fuck You Pay Me booty shorts ($39.99).
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